
Hair dryer
Rainbow · Unknown
Electrical appliances and equipmentElectric shock
- Notifying country
- Hungary
Requirements breached
Live metal parts are accessible through the protective grill of the nozzle. The mains cable of the hair dryer is not secured properly against pulling and twisting and could be pulled out. The dimensions of the plug are substantially less than required and therefore the user may touch the pin of the plug during connecting. The product does not comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60335.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: Other
- Recall of the product from end users Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 27 August 2014
Product
- Description
- Electric hair dryer with black plastic and chrome coloured metal housing. Technical parameters: AC 220V 50Hz 850W. Packaging: cardboard box.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1666/14 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2014-042
- Published
- 16 October 2014
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